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A chain-reaction pileup on the Cross Bronx Expressway involving two 18-wheelers, a pickup truck and a Toyota Corolla left three people dead and five injured Tuesday morning, officials said.

The crash happened at around 5:45 a.m. on the northbound side between Jerome and Webster avenues, according to police.

One of the big rigs had been stopped in the middle lane, with a Ford pickup idling behind him, when the second tractor-trailer came barreling into the rear of the much smaller truck.

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“A second 18-wheeler, traveling in the same direction, failed to negotiate this stop and caused a chain-reaction collision, hitting both the Ford pickup truck and also a Toyota Corolla,” an official said at a press conference. “The Toyota Corolla ended up being lodged on top of the center divider of the highway,” he added. “The Ford pickup truck was wedged underneath the second tractor-trailer.”

Two of the dead were identified as Henry Walker, 51, of Livingston, New Jersey, and Khalil Walker, of Tobbyhanna, Pennsylvania. The others were in serious condition.